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Tiscali: German Phrase Finder - Time - Time Phrases

PHRASES

TIME

The 24-hour clock is used a lot more in continental Europe than in Britain. After 1200 midday, it continues: 1300-dreizehn Uhr, 1400-vierzehn Uhr, 1500-fünfzehn Uhr, etc. until 2400-vierundzwanzig Uhr. With the 24-hour clock, the words Viertel (quarter) and Halb (half) aren't used:

13.15 (1.15pm)

dreizehn Uhr fünfzehn

19.30 (7.30pm)

neunzehn Uhr dreißig

22.45 (10.45pm)

zweiundzwanzig Uhr fünfundvierzig

What time is it, please?

am

pm

Wie spät ist es, bitte?

morgens

abends

vee shpayt ist es bi-te

morgens

ah-bents

It's ...

2 o'clock

3 o'clock

6 o'clock (etc.)

Es ist...

zwei Uhr

drei Uhr

sechs Uhr

es ist...

tsvy oor

dry oor

zekhs oor

 

It's half past 8

at midnight

Es ist halb neun (in German you say half to 9)

um Mitternacht

es ist halp noyn

oom mitter-nakht

9
neun Uhr
noyn oor

9.10
neun Uhr zehn
noyn oor tsayn

quarter past 9
Viertel nach neun (Austria: viertel zehn)
nakh noyn

9.20
neun Uhr zwanzig
noyn oor tsvan-tsikh

half past 9 / 9.30
halb zehn / neun Uhr dreißig
halp tsayn / noyn oor dry-sikh

9.35
neun Uhr fünfunddreißig
noyn oor foonf-oont-dry-sich

quarter to 10
Viertel vor zehn (Austria: dreiviertel zehn)
feertel for tsayn

10 to 10
zehn vor zehn
tsayn for tsayn

When do you open?

When do you close?

Wann öffnen Sie?

Wann schließen Sie?

van ur'f-nen zee

van shlee-sen zee

at 3 o'clock

before 3 o'clock

after 3 o'clock

um drei Uhr

vor drei Uhr

nach drei Uhr

oom dry oor

for dry oor

nakh dry oor

today

tonight

tomorrow

yesterday

heute

heute abend

morgen

gestern

hoy-te

hoy-te ahbent

morgen

gestern

the day before yesterday

the day after tomorrow

vorgestern

übermorgen

for-gestern

oober-morgen

in the morning

this morning

in the afternoon

morgens

heute morgen

am Nachmittag

morgens

hoy-te morgen

am nakh-mi-tahk

in the evening
am Abend
am ahbent

at half past 7

at about 10 o'clock

um halb acht

etwa um zehn Uhr

oom halp akht

etva oom tsayn oor

 

in an hour's time

in a while

two hours ago

in einer Stunde

bald

vor zwei Stunden

in ine-er shtoon-de

balt

for tsvy shtoonden

soon

early

late

later

bald

früh

spät

später

balt

froo

shpayt

shpayter

I'll do it...

as soon as possible

...at the latest

Ich mache es...

so bald wie möglich

...spätestens

ikh ma-khe es...

zo balt vee mur'k-likh

...shpay-testens

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